Skant

cant - n. A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.

Skant - n. Slang used by lower-class and criminal individuals in Skarn City.

A short glossary of common Skant.

• ank - n. A heavily armored person (from anchor)
• badger - n. A city employee. An official
• barg - v. To devour, to eat with much relish (from barghest)
• bodge - n. An upper-class person (often used in place of a title)
• cutty - n. A halfling. see nick
• gab (gabber) - n. A goblin
• grem (grim) - n. an industrial worker (from gremlin)
• izzes - n. Prevailing conditions. 'the izzes' means "The way things are"
• kessit - interjection meaning "do you understand?"
• nick - n. A halfling. since a small cut (a "cutty") is a nick. This strange pun leads to the even more bizarre nicknocket
• orchard - n. a dwarven dwelling. see tree
• priest - n. one who knowingly buys and sells stolen goods (a fence)
• rune - v. to read; to write; to be literate
• shiner - n. a religious person; a cleric; a member of the Church of Pelor
• sink - v. to sabotage
• sinker - n. one who engages in sabotage (typically industrial or commercial)
• skin - v. to rob, taking everything of value
• skinner - n. a robber or bandit; term of address for a person of questionable standing
• slab - n. a home or a grave
• sog - n. a poor or pitiable person. A Soggytown resident
• string - v. to cheat; to mislead
• stringer - n. a cheat; a charlatan
• toss - n. a dockworker; a brawny fellow (often used as a nickname)
• tree - n. ironic term for a dwarf. originally meaning "treestump", currently used as a set-up for a joke with the punchline "they grow in the ground and aren't very fast".

Skant includes monetary terms.

Nails - copper pieces

Teeth - Silver pieces

Bones - Gold pieces

Skulls - Platinum pieces

Sorry, skinner. Gab says badgers are looking for a nicknocket ank selling pretties. Find another priest, kessit?

translates to:

I'm sorry, person. A goblin said that city officials are searching for a heavily-armored halfling theif with stolen goods. You should find another person to buy and sell your ill-gotten gain, understand?